K - 3 Learning Pages:
Resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3 teachers

 List Serve - Web Resources

Social - Arctic

abc Teach - Arctic - http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/habitats/arctic/ Lots of language ideas.

Archeology in Arctic North America - http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/ANTHRO/rwpark/ArcticArchStuff/ArcticIntro.html Discussion on the environment, recent fieldwork and research.

Arctic Circle - http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/TextIndex.html  Go here for summaries for your background/research - natural resources, history, culture.

Arctic Links - http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/grade3c/Gr3Web/inuit/arcticlinks.htm  Wide variety of links worth checking out

Arctic Maps - http://www.athropolis.com/map.htm Maps of the top of the world

Arctic Themes - http://www.cln.org/themes/arctic.html Links for teachers, but many dead links...

Canada's Arctic - http://www.arctic.uoguelph.ca/ University of Guelph - photos of wildlife and the environment, including satellite images and video clips.

Carol's Favorite - 2004

Canadian Museum of Civilization - www.civilization.ca/archeo/paleoesq/peinteng.html  Brief descriptions of palaeo-Eskimo art. The display is no longer up, but these descriptions give you some data.

Enchanted Learning - Arctic - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/arcticanimals.shtml Simple information available for early researchers.

Exploring the Arctic - http://chamberlin.sbschools.net/users/rbarone/explorin.htm

Frozen Toes - http://www.frozentoes.com/ 6 different characters guide you through Arctic resources, including a teacher section.

Gander Academy - Icebergs - http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/icebergs.htm Excellent ideas and links.

Hinterland Who's Who - http://www.hww.ca/index_e.asp Canadian database for Arctic animals.

Icelands - http://www.pers.com/icelands/ Pookie and Tushka (a penguin and polar bear) teach about the polar lands.

National Geographic - A Vacation to the Polar Regions - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/05/gk2/polar.html A lesson for K-2 students.

Pratt's Theme Pages: Polar - http://www.fastq.com/%7Ejbpratt/education/theme/biomes/polar.html Great links!

Scott Polar Research Institute - http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/kids/ Two images to compare Arctic and Antarctic; explorers; animals; polar jokes page

Smithsonian Arctic Studies - http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/ Includes culture, wildlife (birds, mammals, sea mammals), Vikings

Sun Guide - http://www.athropolis.com/sun-fr.htm Guide to Arctic sunrise and sunset for every day of the year.

The Aurora Page - http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/ Images and links to background information.

The Arctic and Its Animals - http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=3500&cid=2&url=3500/Activities.html This is a think quest.

Thursday's Classroom - http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/index_18may00.htm Ideas to use with young students about the northern lights.

Travel to the Polar Lands - http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/382.shtml A grade 1-2 lesson idea for Arctic/Antarctic.

Your Dictionary - Eskimo and Aleut languages - http://www.yourdictionary.com/languages/north.html Scroll down a bit until you come to the Eskimo/Aleut languages. You can use appropriate fonts, or just translate English into aboriginal language.

Yukon, Canada's True North - http://www.touryukon.com/06kids/06a.html This is a travel site, and so you get the commercialism, but you can visit towns, the Dempster Highway, and access photos and brochures.

 

 

 


 

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